Game Changers: The weight of a nation, the support of a family - Saya Sakakibara

The BMX sensation, who's already a five-time world champion. Saya Sakakibara is an Olympic BMX rider and at 22 she’s already a champion. Saya’s love for BMX began before she could walk and despite some devastating setbacks, Saya’s never let fear influence her performance.  At the age of four Saya attended practice sessions and races that Kai, her older brother was involved in and her love of the sport of BMX racing grew from there. At 22 Saya has already amassed a seriously large haul of trophies in her 15 years of riding: four times World Champion, and counting. Of her incredible success at such an early age, she attributes much of it to her incredibly close family.Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Episode three of Beyond the Ordinary : Game Changers dropping 15th February 2022